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Dearborn Reborn: Celebrating 70 Years of Innovation in Education

Winchester, MA – July 5, 2016 – Schools for Children, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and managing great schools and educational services, announced today that Rebecca Altepeter will be the new Director of Dearborn Academy, a special education therapeutic day school in Arlington that serves students in the greater Boston area.

SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN ANNOUNCES THE RELOCATION OF DEARBORN ACADEMY AND LESLEY ELLIS SCHOOL

Winchester, MA – May 11, 2016 – Schools for Children, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and managing great schools and educational services, announced today that it will relocate two of the schools it manages: Dearborn Academy, a special education therapeutic day school, and Lesley Ellis School, an independent school serving children in preschool through Grade 8.

Dearborn Academy participates in the National School Lunch and Breakfast program. All parents are sent a copy of the application for free and reduced meals at the beginning of each school year or when students are enrolled. The eligibility criteria for free and reduced price meals are embedded in the meal application and instructions and available by linking to… http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2014-04788.pdf to see the entire chart.

On Wednesday February 10, maaps, the Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Schools, sponsored an event at the State House where students and a parent from private 766 schools had an opportunity to speak to legislators about the impact their school's had on their lives. Each of the students and the parent who spoke told the legislators how the schools impacted their growth.